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What You Need To Know Today AWS Details the Problem Behind Massive Outage In a blog post detailing the fallout, the company's cloud arm AWS explained that the US-EAST-1 region went offline because the company added more capacity to the Kinesis system, without checking if the operating system's configuration actually allowed for that to happen. As you could have guessed by now – it didn't. via ITProPortal SaaS Operations and the Road Ahead for Enterprise IT (Webinar) Forrester Research interviewed enterprise IT leaders to understand the current challenges and best practices for mastering SaaS at scale. The result is "Best Practices for SaaS Operations," a thorough report critical to I&O leaders across industries. Join the discussion, as BetterCloud’s Chief Strategy Officer talks with special guest and author of this new report, Bill Martorelli, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, about some of the report's findings via BetterCloud IBM Aims for Quantum Computing Safe Encryption, Security Tools IBM Cloud said it will offer cryptography technology that will be futureproofed for quantum computing deployments. Big Blue, which is among the key players in the quantum computing race, launched Quantum Safe Cryptography for Key Management and Application Transactions. Quantum computing promises to solve new problems, leap past supercomputers and possibly used to easily break encryption algorithms and data security measures. via ZDNet Microsoft Envisions ‘Scoring’ Meetings Based on Body Language GeekWire has found a Microsoft patent application for an “insight computer system” that would give meetings scores based on body language, facial expressions, the number of attendees and even ambient conditions like the time of day and temperature. If people are clearly distracted by their phones, for example, organizers would know a meeting was wasted even if they couldn’t read the room themselves. via Engadget What’s Happening in the SaaSOps Community Anyone Ever Successfully Used Two Video Conferencing Solutions at Once? Bert Smith wanted to know if anyone in the community had successfully used two video conferencing solutions simultaneously. The short answer: Yes, but it can be tricky. See how your colleagues are doing this (and chime in with your own solutions) by clicking the link above. via SaaSOps Community Tips & Tricks for the Digital Workplace Getting More Out of Microsoft 365: Recording Teams Meetings With Microsoft Stream When you use Teams, there might come a time when you want to record a meeting using Microsoft Stream. Well, as we continue our series on getting more out of Microsoft 365, today we’ll be explaining how you can use Stream to your advantage for both work, education, and more in various scenarios. via OnMSFT How to Fix the ‘Untrusted_cert_title’ Error When Reinstalling macOS Some Mac owners see untrusted_cert_title as an error when attempting to reinstall macOS. This problem arises when the Mac’s system clock is set incorrectly, and you can wind up in a chicken-and-egg problem: without macOS installed, there’s no straightforward way to set the clock, which would let you install macOS. via Macworld SaaSUPDATES Here are the latest product updates to the SaaS apps that power your digital workplace. Changes to Google Chat Group Conversations and Classic Hangouts Coming December 3, 2020 As Google announced earlier this year, starting in the first half of 2021, everyone can begin upgrading from Hangouts to Chat. To ensure a smooth transition, Google will help automatically migrate your Hangouts conversations and saved history. Google Workspace Updates 36 Years of Microsoft Word Design History 330 7th Ave, New York, NY 10001 Manage Preference | Unsubscribe | Forward | View on the Web